two years later, he endorsed hillary clinton and then backed barack obama saying at the time, an obama win would be a victory for moderate liberalism. he was born in 1922. services will be held in sioux falls, south dakota. >> jamie: we appreciate the remembrance. we will be talking about him throughout the day. thank you, peter. >> eric: we have a fox news extreme weather alert. there is severe flooding, forcing the evacuations in the roman catholic shrine town of lords, france. they are leading hundreds of pilgrims out of hotels. floodwaters have surged from a nearby river, the historic grotto. this is the site where the virgin mary allegedly appeared before a teenaged girl. it draws 6 million visitors to see that every year. >> jamie: washington state is seeing their first major snowfall t. started already. seattle seeing a sig significant dusting with the mountains hit harder. the plows and crews are on standby, ready to execute the winter weather plan, which they say has been in the works for months. things are looking pretty good elsewhere. temperatures well above average for thi